Review: Samsung Captivate Glide for AT&T
Dec 2, 2011, 12:53 PM by Eric M. Zeman
Samsung delivers a winner in the Captivate Glide, an Android smartphone that includes a slide-out QWERTY keyboard for the messaging minded mobile user.
The Captivate Glide takes the base AT&T Galaxy S II design and slaps a glide-out QWERTY keyboard on to satisfy those who need physical keys for pecking out messages. But is that all the Captivate Glide offers?
About the author, Eric M. Zeman:Eric has been covering the mobile telecommunications industry for 17 years at various print and online publications. He studied at Rutgers Newark and University of Kentucky, and has a degree in writing. He likes playing guitar, attending concerts, listening to music, and driving sports cars.
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Comments
Almost good enough
They regressed from the 5-row keyboard on their Epic 4G. And ergonomically speaking, the keys need to be in staggered rows, not the square grid they always use. It really seems like this one was an afterthought, not one that actually had any careful design put into it.
Staggered rows aren't really that important on a keyboard that small. Its not like you can use anything but your thumbs. Even a shared number row doesn't bug me that much IF you have the SYM key on both sides - but like most QWERTYphones, it doesn't...
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